Senior Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Guidewire with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 36% positive. To compare, the company-average is 51.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Software Engineer roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 25 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Guidewire overall takes an average of 24 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Guidewire as a Senior Software Engineer according to 25 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 25%
One on one interview: 22%
Skills test: 20%
Group panel interview: 13%
Presentation: 9%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Background check: 2%
Personality test: 2%
Other: 2%
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Guidewire (Foster City, CA) in Sep 2017
Interview
- Applied with employee reference.
- Got call from recruiter- she wanted to get details of my experience and explain the job profile.
- Got mail for a coding test on codility.com, cleared it with 100%.
- Got call from hiring manager. Questioned about Hasmap and Chess Game.
- Got call for Onsite interview 4 rounds of interviews, in each interview, they gave different set a skeleton classes and test cases, had to write code to ensure that the test cases run successfully. In all they had 12 test suits, I completed 10 of them successfully.
- Overall a good interview experience, however I am not sure why I was not selected. The recruiter did not have a clear answer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Hashmap - details of behind the scene processing.
Design a Chess Game.
Guidewire Codility tests evaluate coding skills, problem solving, and clean code practices.To solve algorithmic and real world problems, demonstrating efficiency, clarity, and structured thinking under time constraints.The iniital qualification round.
I applied in-person. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Guidewire (Mississauga, ON) in Oct 2024
Interview
The interview took place in 4 rounds.
The first one was a general conversation with HR.
The second was a technical round, during which pair programming was introduced, and the interviewer and I solved a problem together.
The third was an in-person day at the office, where I was assigned to two different teams and we pair-programmed on some of their live issues.
The fourth one was a communication with their Senior VP which was also a bit technical.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do Kubernetes and Docker work on the OS level?
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Guidewire (Bengaluru) in Jul 2024
Interview
There are 4 rounds before the HR, including techno managerial. First was was basic programming and ds, second was on details system design like chat system. Third was coding set of questions in set time and last techno managerial